Frédéric Péchier's Trial: the Life Sentence Required Against Anesthesiologist
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The 52-year-old man has been tried in Besançon since 8 September. He is accused of poisoning dozens of patients for 9 years.
The former doctor, described by the prosecution as "one of the greatest criminals in French judicial history", admitted the poisoning of twelve patients, but continues to reject any involvement.
The Public Prosecutor's Office ruled this Friday that the 53-year-old doctor was a "serial killer," guilty of the 30 poisonings, including 12 mortals, that he was accused of. The verdict is expected next weekend.
Frédéric Péchier's trial lasted three months. The professional anesthesiologist was tried in Besançon for 30 poisonings, including 12 mortals. On Friday, December 12, 2025, the two representatives of the public prosecutor's office, Thérèse Brunisso and Christine de Curraize, demanded perpetuity against Frédéric Péchier. In this case which they deemed "totally out of order" marked by "the social taboo of medical murder", "everything designates" F…
This is one of the biggest trials of the end of 2025. Since September 8, 2025, Frederic Pécheier, 53, has been tried for the deliberate poisoning of 30 of his patients, including 12 fatally. The anesthesiologist from Besançon is suspected of having intoxicated the bags of infusions of the patients, aged 4 to 89, causing cardiac arrest and other serious complications. At one week of the verdict, the accused denies all the facts alleged against hi…
"Everything designates" Frédéric Péchier as guilty of 30 poisonings, including 12 mortals, laid the charge on Thursday in front of the Assize Court of the Doubs, calling the anesthesiologist of Besançon "one of the greatest crimin...
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